A remedy for cancer obtained from a different viewpoint from the viewpoints employed in developing the existing anticancer drugs, i.e., focusing on the intercellular adhesion of cancer cells. Namely, provided is a remedy for cancer with fewer side effects which inhibits the proliferation of cancer cells and the intercellular adhesion of cancer cells. Also provided is an antibody, which recognizes the disintegrin domain of ADAM-15 and is usable as an anticancer agent, and so on. An antibody, which recognizes the disintegrin domain of ADAM-15 but does not recognize the RGD sequence or loop region in the disintegrin domain of ADAM-15, and so on; an antibody, which inhibits ADAM-15 and integrin αvβ3-dependent cell adhesion, and so on; and an antibody, which inhibits ADAM-15 and integrin αvβ1-dependent cell adhesion, and so on.
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February 12, 2009
June 11, 2013
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